{"id":624284,"date":"2026-06-06T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624284\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:03:13","slug":"the-best-single-player-campaign-and-the-best-fighting-game-virtua-fighter-crossroads-is-the-biggest-ps5-brawler-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624284\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Best Single Player Campaign and the Best Fighting Game’: Virtua Fighter Crossroads Is the Biggest PS5 Brawler Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Update [Fri 5th Jun 2026, 10:50pm]: Virtua Fighter Crossroads<\/a> is shaping up to be the biggest and best Virtua Fighter<\/a> yet when it launches in 2027.<\/p>\n

As was teased during Summer Game Fest<\/a> and subsequently unveiled during the above VF Showcase<\/a>, this game features a massive single player story campaign, set in the fictional South East Asian city of Vilasapara.<\/p>\n

The story\u2019s been written by Ghost of Tsushima\u2019s<\/a> Brad Kane, with oversight from David Hayter.<\/p>\n

It revolves around four characters, with Cielo being the star and new face of Virtua Fighter Crossroads, replacing Akira.<\/p>\n

As you can see from the video, this is a full-blown action-adventure game, with side-quests and different plot threads. Battles leverage the game\u2019s combat system, although you may find yourself up against two or more enemies at once.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re a traditionalist because Virtua Fighter\u2019s versus mode is built on the foundations of the franchise as well.<\/p>\n

You can catch a ton of gameplay footage, featuring Pai Chan, Wolf, and newcomer Cielo as part of the VF Showcase. Actually, you may recall some of this video somehow leaked last month, prematurely revealing the name of the game.<\/p>\n

I think this looks great, and as a big fan of Street Fighter 6\u2019s<\/a> World Tour, I\u2019m really looking forward to the story mode. It\u2019s great to see fighters begin to cater to single player gamers again, without losing the core competitive experience that gives these releases longevity.<\/p>\n

Original Story:<\/p>\n

A full-length Virtua Fighter Showcase will take place imminently, and I\u2019ll bring you all the news from that in an updated article later.<\/p>\n

But for now here\u2019s a look at Virtua Fighter Crossroads\u2019<\/a> cinematic story mode, introducing fan favourite character Pai Chan.<\/p>\n

RGG Studio, the team behind the Yakuza<\/a> games, is making this one, and its storytelling chops are on full display here.<\/p>\n

Obviously this will be a separate mode to the main versus fighting, but it\u2019s great to see SEGA putting some muscle behind Virtua Fighter again after so many years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update [Fri 5th Jun 2026, 10:50pm]: Virtua Fighter Crossroads is shaping up to be the biggest and best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,112,214,86,7021,56,54,55,203810],"class_list":["post-624284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps5","tag-sega","tag-technology","tag-trailers","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virtua-fighter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}